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WORKMAN' s GARMENT I Filed y 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Invenior F. Md'sanderson Patented Apr. 23, 1935 I 1,998,739

I UNITEDSTATESI 1,998,739 v WO GARMENT Paisley M. Sander-son, Georgetown, O.

Application, May 17,1934, Serial Na 726,138

1 claim. (ore-ear) This invention a s t he broad class of :Theseneral-asseinblv marwe lbe n ia: wearing apparel and has more particular reference ure 1 wherein it will be observed that the trousers to garments ofthe so-called working manstype; portion of the overalls or garment isdenoted by d morespecifie e erence to the bibor ap n thenumeral 5. .This-patterthestructure is o 5 portion of overalls, coveralls and the like. I conventional type, that is embodies the usual 5 AS 1 g era u in maki p a p r of v rifurcated legslequipped with pockets and f ontal alls it is customary to embody therein what is fiy. Itis also evident from Figure 2 that the back called a bib. This is of course sometimes referred portion of the structure is of conventional form to as an apron as well as a vest. In any event, and includes regulation shoulder straps or sus- 10 however, the apron portion of the garment is penders 6. These are provided with adjusting 10 generally of one piece formation and attached to slides or loops 1 shown in Figure land the free the upper waist band portion of the frontal part end portions thereof are attached by adjusting of'the trousers of the garment. The free ends of buckles or equivalent devices 8 to the upper the shoulder straps or suspenders are generally corner portion of the bib apron 9. Inasmuch connected to the'upper corner portions to hold as the expression bib and apron are used synon- 15 the bib up in its regular shield forming position. omously I will hereafter refer to the structure The novelty of the present invention is directas an apron, it being thought that this is clearly ed to the particular construction and formation comprehensive. With this in mind itwill be of the apron or bib, this being made up of a pair observed that the apron, as a unit, is stitched or of complemental independently and collectively otherwise fastened to the waistband portion of 20 usable sections buttoned or otherwise detachably the garment as indicated at to and is also sepconnected together along adjacent edges, whereby arably fastened to buttons l I carried by the back to permit said sections to be spread open in warm or seat portion of the garment. Thus far the weather or closed up in cold weather. structure is similar to the common or conven- A second feature of novelty is predicated upon tional overalls construction. 25

the sectional detachably jointed apron structure Considering in detail the preferred embodi- Wherein the sections may be spread apart so that ments of the apron construction it will be obthe shoulder straps can be slipped down over the served that this is composed of a pair of comshoulders to allow the trouser portion tobe lowplemental 'or companion panel-like sections or ered for removal, making it unnecessary to detach flaps i2 and I3. These are substantially identical 30 the shoulder strap from the complemental'porin shape and proportion and cooperate together tions of the apron. in forming a unitary apron. At the center and Additional novelty is predicated upon this secon its exterior section i2 is provided with an tional apron structure wherein one section is proordinary open top patch pocket M. The adjacent vided with inner and outer accessory and convenor inner edges of the sections I2 and I3 overlap 35 ience pockets, the pockets being contained within d are fastened together by tt i5 or the marginal limits of said section and being a! responding separable fastening means. This alranged so as not to interfere with the comfortable lows the two sections to be spread apart for coolfit of the garment. ing the chest or for allowing the shoulder straps 40 oth r e t and advantages may become to be slipped down off of the shoulders either 40 Parent from the following description and drawseparately or collectively to facilitate application mgs: and removal of the garment.

the drawings: It will be noticed that the section i3 is pro- Flgum 1 15 an elf/WW1 9 palr of vided with a duplex or double pocket assembly, gz i fl ifizg m accordance Wlth the pres' that is to say it has an outside patch pocket 16 0 Figure 2 is a top plan View of the arrangement and an inside or interior pocket 11. These are depicted in Figure L of Vert cally elongated rectangular loim andare Figure 3 is an edge elevational View of the fastened to said sections within the marginal plex pocket equipped section of the bib or apron 11m1t5 thereof and the tworocksts 50 construction stantially superposed relationship, that is the Figure 4 is an enlarged detail horizontal inside pocket is directly behind or in alinement tional view taken approximately on the plane of With the Outside pocket The two pockets vthe line 4-4 looking downwardly in the direction gether serve to reinforce this particular section of the arrows. ,I3 of thebib. In addition they add to the utility 55 thereof in that they may be employed as receptacles for coveninence and for holding various articles. It will be noticed for example that the entire pocket I! is stitched around three of its edges and that its mouth portion 18 is open at a point adjacent the overlapping or separably buttoned edge portions of the two overlapping sections I2 and I3. This makes it handy to slip articles into the pockets I! by simply unbuttoning the sections I2 and I3. On the other hand it will be observed that the pocket I6 is of slightly different formation, that is to say it is stitched around the edges as at I9, 20, 2| and 22. In other words it is stitched around'four of its edges with the inner edge portion left open to provide a restricted entrance or mouth at 23. Both of the mouths 23 and I8 are in longitudinal registry and alinement with the slot definedby the buttoned overlapping edges of the sections I 2 and [3. Obviously the pocket I6 is of the safety type and is useful for carrying a chained watch or the like.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size, and rearrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A pair of overalls including a trousers portion and a frontal apron portion, together with shoulder straps connected with the trousers portion and upper corners of the apron, said apron being longitudinally slit to define a pair of companion sections, the split portion thereof having the adjacent edges disposed in overlapping relation and secured by separable fasteners, one of said sections being provided on its exterior with a patch pocket and on its interior with a similar patch v pocket, both of said patch pockets being of vertically elongated rectangular design and mounted within the marginal limits of said apron section, and both of said pockets having their entrance or mouth portion disposed in'parallelism with and adjacent the separable or overlapping edge portions.

PAISLEY M. SANDERSON. 

